G-20 Omits ‘Green Energy’ Pledge

At least the G-20 is stepping away from the global warming hoax and the ‘green energy’ charade.

Via earth times:

Summit host Canada, in particular, has fought against approving overly ambitious language on clean energy. The country is one of the world’s heaviest greenhouse-gas emitters and relies heavily on polluting fossil fuels to power its economy.

Environment group WWF reacted angrily to the omission.

“They went through this document with a vacuum cleaner to remove any reference to clean energy. In the Pittsburgh G20 summit (in September 2009), there were 8 references to ‘clean energy’ – in this one, there is zero,” WWF climate expert Kim Carstensen said.

“This is demonstrative of the host country’s lack of drive and ambition on empowering a shift to renewable energy,” he said.

The text also watered down a Pittsburgh pledge to phase out subsidies of fossil fuels.

The final version said that that pledge should only apply to “inefficient” subsidies “that encourage wasteful consumption.” However, it removed a clause which would have made the pledge entirely voluntary.

The most inefficient subsides are the ones made to the green energy industry.

Comments
  • theCL June 27, 2010 at 11:40 pm

    I’m liking Canada more and more every day!

    • steve June 28, 2010 at 12:05 am

      It seems almost everyone except our current leadership is getting the message.

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